February 26, 2016 | CP, Headlines, NS
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, February 25, 2016) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific has received over 80 letters of support from a broad cross section of customers for CP’s proposal to acquire Norfolk Southern Corp. (NS); 62 of these letters...
February 22, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Opelika Auburn News, February 20, 2016) OPELIKA, Ala. — Warren Whitted worked as a conductor for Norfolk Southern based in Irondale beginning with his hire in October of 2010. He was seriously injured in a non-work-related incident in June of 2011 and took a...
February 22, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Columbus Dispatch, February 20, 2016) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus has a little less rail activity from Norfolk Southern, after the railroad idled service on sections of a 253-mile line between West Virginia coal country and Columbus. Full story: Columbus...
February 22, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Times-Picayune, February 21, 2016) NEW ORLEANS — A railroad worker found dead Saturday after being hit by a train in New Orleans east has been identified as Kyle Liebold, Norfolk Southern Railway spokeswoman Susan Terpay said Sunday. Terpay said the...
February 19, 2016 | CP, Headlines, NS
(Source: Altoona Mirror, February 19, 2016) ALTOONA, Pa. — Rep. Bill Shuster, R-9th District, is leaning toward opposing a proposed railroad merger that could affect close to 1,000 Blair County workers, he revealed Thursday after touring Norfolk Southern’s...
February 19, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Memphis Daily News, February 18, 2016) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — For 36 years Vice President Joe Biden was an Amtrak train commuter, traveling an estimated 2 million miles in his daily trips to Washington D.C. as a U.S. senator from Delaware. Full story: Memphis Daily...
February 18, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Memphis Daily News, February 17, 2016) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Vice President Joe Biden came to the Norfolk Southern intermodal yard in Rossville Wednesday, Feb. 17, to tout the seven-year old economic stimulus act and push for continued public investment in roads...
February 17, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Commercial Appeal, February 17, 2016) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to a Rossville rail yard highlights one of the Memphis logistics industries’ biggest success stories of the past two decades: intermodal freight, a University...
February 17, 2016 | CP, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Times, February 16, 2016) HARRISBURG, Pa. — The state House of Representatives recently adopted a resolution co-sponsored by Rep. Rob Matzie that would urge the federal government to prevent the “hostile” takeover of Norfolk Southern. Full story:...
February 17, 2016 | CP, Headlines, NS
(Source: Reuters, February 16, 2016) NEW YORK — CP said it would seek an order from the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) confirming the viability of a complex deal structure that it intends to use in its proposed takeover of Norfolk Southern Corp. The rarely...
